Thursday, February 18, 2010

Cleveland tops list of most miserable U.S. cities

image Slew of Midwestern places crack the top 20, but then so does New York

I was born in Cleveland, Ohio but it isn’t something I brag about. The last time I was there in 1973, and we had a winter that left things just like the bridge pictured here.

The Cuyahoga River, which runs through the city, famously caught fire in 1969 thanks to rampant pollution, and it wasn't the first time.

Residents of Cleveland, Ohio, also dubbed "the Mistake by the Lake", endure brutal winters, high crime and a tortured sports history. They are voting with their feet as the net migration out of the metro area was 71,000 over the past five years.” AP photo

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